Lions Housing Personal Care Home Info Picket

Winnipeg – Health care aides at Lions Housing Personal Care Home will be holding an information picket on Thursday, August 8th from 2:30 – 4:30 pm.

CUPE Local 3729 is organizing the information picket to raise public awareness towards the ongoing issue of working short staffed in the personal care home, as well as to the low wages health care aides are expected to perform their duties on.

The collective agreement between CUPE local 3729 and the employer expired in September 2012.

“Addressing the issue of working short staffed is a priority for our members” says Raposo, “providing quality care to Manitoba’s seniors is what our members pride themselves on, and we ask that the employer take action to ensure adequate staffing.”

Long-term care employees at CUPE Local 2719 (Maples Personal Care Home) held four days of information pickets in July, demanding that the issue of working short be addressed in their facility.

“Our members are taking action in order to provide the level and quality of care we all deserve” concludes Raposo.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest union and represents more than 25,000 workers in Manitoba.